Woman's World AND ITS WAYS
great Canadian Hospital at Cliveden so ■magnificently during the war, and who is' to-day a source of perennial amusement to her guests and her friends.
"The second Nancy Astor is a hardworking enthusiast, a fanatic on certain social questions, a Christian Scientist, and a teetotaller; a censor of all who disagree with her or whose life is on differing lines; apt to make one rule of conduct for herself and her friends, and quite another for the rest of the world, which she will lecture with the conviction and authority of a head mistress.
"But when this has been said, the rest is admiration and gratitude for her manifold kindnesses to anyone in trouble or anxiety; for her genuine unselfishness; for her unswerving loyalty, and for her unceasing delight in and power of giving people pleasure. She has the largeness of heart that will give and give again. The mere sacrifice of money may mean very little to her; but if she were a poor woman she would offer the last farthing in her purse, and as a ich woman ehe will offer the last atom of her energy for the happiness and wellbeing of others."
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Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 94, 21 April 1928, Page 4 (Supplement)
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